You can create a customized color scheme, also known as
theme colorsA set of colors that is used in a file. Theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects compose a theme., in PowerPoint
and use it in other Office
applications. Find a standard theme color that you like, and then modify and save it in PowerPoint. The next time that you create a new PowerPoint
presentation, Word document, or Excel workbook, you can use the theme color that you created.
Do any of the following:
 | Create a new theme color |
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On the Themes tab, under Theme Options, click Colors, and then click Create Theme Colors.
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Click a color that you want to change, and then click Change Color.
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Click a color that you want, and then click OK.
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Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each color that you want to change.
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In the Name box, type a name for your custom theme color, and then click Apply to All.
The theme color is applied to the current presentation.
| Apply your new theme color to a new document |
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On the Themes tab, under Theme Options, click Colors, and then click the theme color that you created.
| Delete a custom theme color |
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In the Mac OS X
Finder, find your custom theme color in /Users/Username/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/My Themes/Theme Colors.
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Drag the file with your custom theme color — for example, Custom 1.xml — to the Trash.
 | Note The deleted theme color remains in the Colors list on the Themes tab until you quit and then reopen the Office
applications. |
